The Chief Justice Mohan Peiris said that the case records in the Supreme Court would be computerized.

The Chief Justice made this remarks participating in a meeting at the Kekirawa Magistrate’s Court premises organised by the Bar Association of Kikirawa.

He said cases could be file before the Supreme Court electronically with the new system.

The Government has issued a gazette containing a list of individuals, entities, groups and undertakings associated with al-Qaeda and Taliban, in pursuant of its obligations under a United Nations Security Council resolution adopted in 1999, and subsequently modified and strengthened through several other resolutions.

The list includes names of over 250 individuals, along with their known country of residence and passport numbers, their aliases, addresses as well as description of their connection with al-Qaeda and Taliban. The

Is the government trying to make Sri Lanka the hub of education in Asia by forcing teachers who strive to make students disciplined and give education to them to kneel down before petty provincial councilors asks the General Secretary of Lanka Teacher Services Union (LTSU) Mahinda Jayasinghe.

Speaking at a media conference held at Hotel Nippon today (16th) Mr. Jayasinghe said punishing a lady teacher of Nawagaththegama Navodya Vidyalaya at Anamaduwa is vehemently denounced by teachers in the island.

He said, “

The Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) Vass Gunawardena is now in remand custody while an inquiry into the conspiracy to murder a businessman for pay is ongoing. Even as he is being interrogated he was reported in the television network, Suwarnawa Hini, in its programme on Mulpituwe (Front Page, which is a commentary on leading newspaper stories), as telling the investigating police officers that he is a murderer and that he "will take his revenge when he returns".

For over several years there have been many al

Analysis by Amantha Perera  For the first time since Sri Lanka’s 30-year-long civil conflict drew to a bloody finish in May 2009, casting an eerie hush over the Northern Province that had grown accustomed to the sounds of war, there is a buzz in the air generated by the prospect of provincial elections that hold the promise of radical change.

Though it is yet to be announced formally, political circles in the capital, Colombo, are fixed on the prospect of an election in September.

The celebrations in Colombo after signals from London that Sri Lanka would host CHOGM without any further hiccups, brings up the continued relevance of an old Tamil saying, which, in so many words, tells you that 'applying cow dung to the floor alone is not enough to herald festivities.' This adage is captured by the saying in English that cautions you against 'counting the chicken before they are hatched.'

After the disaster for the fisherman on the 7th on the Minister of Disaster Management mentioned over the electronic media the Minister of the Disaster Management had confessed that if any fault is revealed by his Ministry he would resign from his post .

He said it is not like the statements that are made by other Ministers he will resign if found guilty. This is laughing stock revealed the JVP

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins partners and affiliates in Sri Lanka in calling on the Government of Sri Lanka (GoSL) to reconsider its move to introduce a code of ethics for the country’s media.

Early in June, the Ministry of Mass Media and Information in the GoSL introduced a three-thousand word document titled “Code of Media Ethics” in Parliament. There is as yet no official explanation on the exact status of this code. Media commentary in Sri Lanka though sees this initiative by th

Chief Justice  Mohan Peiris says that the honor of the judiciary can be protected if judges and lawyers act according to their code of ethics.

He made this statement during a function held at the Kekirawa Magistrate Court.

The Bar Association of Kekirawa organised the event to welcome the new chief justice.

Minister of Fisheries Rajitha Senaratne visited the families of fishermen who died or went missing following the recent inclement weather in the country.

He distributed dry rations to the families of those affected.

The inclement weather claimed the lives of 11 fishermen from the Beruwela area.